Publish Date:
April 3, 2016
Summary:
It is bad for the environment, bad for people, and bad for Canada
As of December 2015, e-petitions that are sponsored by an MP and which have garnered at least 500 signatures can be tabled in Federal Parliament. This means the government must provide a written response, posted online, within 45 days.
Kennedy Stewart, MP Burnaby South, NDP, sponsored the motion that revised the archaic petition rules for the federal government.